Publications by Environmental Engineering

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Riva, F., Dechesne, A., Eckert, E. M., Riva, V., Borin, S., Mapelli, F., Smets, B. F. & Crotti, E. (2024). Conjugal plasmid transfer in the plant rhizosphere in the One Health context. Frontiers in Microbiology, 15, Article 1457854. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1457854

Yu, Z., Wang, Q., Pinilla-Redondo, R., Madsen, J. S., Clasen, K. A. D., Ananbeh, H., Olesen, A. K., Gong, Z., Yang, N., Dechesne, A., Smets, B., Nesme, J. & Sørensen, S. J. (2024). Horizontal transmission of a multidrug-resistant IncN plasmid isolated from urban wastewater. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 271, Article 115971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.115971

Diwan, V., Albrechtsen, H.-J., Smets, B. F. & Dechesne, A. (2018). Does universal 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing of environmental communities provide an accurate description of nitrifying guilds? Journal of Microbiological Methods, 151, 28-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2018.05.025

Dechesne, A., Owsianiak, M., Bazire, A., Grundmann, G. L., Binning, P. J. & Smets, B. F. (2010). Biodegradation in a Partially Saturated Sand Matrix: Compounding Effects of Water Content, Bacterial Spatial Distribution, and Motility. Environmental Science & Technology, 44, 2386-2392. https://doi.org/10.1021/es902760y

Owsianiak, M., Dechesne, A., Binning, P. J., Chambon, J. C. C., Sørensen, S. R. & Smets, B. F. (2010). Evaluation of Bioaugmentation with Entrapped Degrading Cells as a Soil Remediation Technology. Environmental Science & Technology, 44(19), 7622-7627. https://doi.org/10.1021/es101160u

Kinnunen, M., Dechesne, A., Proctor, C., Hammes, F., Johnson, D., Quintela-Baluja, M., Graham, D., Daffonchio, D., Fodelianakis, S., Hahn, N., Boon, N. & Smets, B. F. (2016). A conceptual framework for invasion in microbial communities. ISME Journal, 10(12), 2773–2779. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2016.75

Pedersen, L. L., Smets, B. F. & Dechesne, A. (2015). Measuring biogeochemical heterogeneity at the micro scale in soils and sediments. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 90, 122-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.08.003

Li, L., Dechesne, A., Madsen, J. S., Nesme, J., Sørensen, S. J. & Smets, B. F. (2020). Plasmids persist in a microbial community by providing fitness benefit to multiple phylotypes. ISME Journal, 14, 1170–1181. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-0596-4

Serhatlioglu, M., Rezaei, B., Stovicek, A., Pikkupeura, S., Hoestgaard-Jensen, K., Keller, S. S., Dechesne, A., Smets, B. F. & Kristensen, A. (2025). Viscoelastic particle enrichment using a 3D-printed enrichment device. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 395, Article 116992. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2025.116992

Wagner, F. B., Diwan, V., Dechesne, A., Fowler, J., Smets, B. F. & Albrechtsen, H.-J. (2019). Copper-induced stimulation of nitrification in biological rapid sand filters for drinking water production by proliferation of Nitrosomonas spp. Environmental Science and Technology, 53(21), 12433-12441. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b03885

Palomo, A., Dechesne, A., Smets, B. F. & Zheng, Y. (2023). Narrow host range phages infect essential bacteria for water purification reactions in groundwater-fed rapid sand filters. Water Research, 245, Article 120655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120655

Gulez, G., Dechesne, A. & Smets, B. F. (2010). The Pressurized Porous Surface Model: An improved tool to study bacterial behavior under a wide range of environmentally relevant matric potentials. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 82(3), 324-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2010.06.009

Gülez, G., Altintas, A., Fazli, M., Dechesne, A., Workman, C., Tolker-Nielsen, T. & Smets, B. F. (2014). Colony morphology and transcriptome profiling of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 and its mutants deficient in alginate or all EPS synthesis under controlled matric potentials. MicrobiologyOpen, 3(4), 457-469. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.180

He, Z., Parra, B., Nesme, J., Smets, B. F. & Dechesne, A. (2022). Quantification and fate of plasmid-specific bacteriophages in wastewater: Beyond the F-coliphages. Water Research, 227, Article 119320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.119320

Li, H., Dechesne, A., He, Z., Jensen, M. M., Song, H. L. & Smets, B. F. (2023). Electrochemical disinfection may increase the spread of antibiotic resistance genes by promoting conjugal plasmid transfer. Science of the Total Environment, 858, Article 159846. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159846

Klümper, U., Droumpali, A., Dechesne, A. & Smets, B. F. (2014). Novel assay to measure the plasmid mobilizing potential of mixed microbial communities. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5, Article 730. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00730

Pedersen, L., Dechesne, A. & Smets, B. F. (2015). A nitrate sensitive planar optode; performance and interferences. Talanta, 144, 933-937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2015.07.046

Dechesne, A., Badawi, N., Aamand, J. & Smets, B. F. (2014). Fine scale spatial variability of microbial pesticide degradation in soil: scales, controlling factors, and implications. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5(667). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00667

Olesen, A. K., Pinilla-Redondo, R., Hansen, M. F., Russel, J., Dechesne, A., Smets, B. F., Madsen, J. S., Nesme, J. & Sørensen, S. J. (2022). IncHI1A plasmids potentially facilitate a horizontal flow of antibiotic resistance genes to pathogens in microbial communities of urban residential sewage. Molecular Ecology, 31(5), 1595-1608. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16346

Hassoun-Kheir, N., Stabholz, Y., Kreft, J.-U., de la Cruz, R., Dechesne, A., Smets, B. F., Romalde, J. L., Lema, A., Balboa, S., García-Riestra, C., Torres-Sangiao, E., Neuberger, A., Graham, D., Quintela-Baluja, M., Stekel, D. J., Graham, J., Pruden, A., Nesme, J., Sørensen, S. J. ... Paul, M. (2021). EMBRACE-WATERS statement: Recommendations for reporting of studies on antimicrobial resistance in wastewater and related aquatic environments. One Health, 13, Article 100339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100339

Wágner, D. S., Valverde Pérez, B., Sæbø, M., Bregua de la Sotilla, M., van Wagenen, J. M., Smets, B. F. & Plósz, B. G. (2016). Towards a consensus-based biokinetic model for green microalgae – The ASM-A. Water Research, 103, 485-499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.07.026

MacKay, A. A., Gan, P., Yu, R. & Smets, B. F. (2014). Seasonal Arsenic Accumulation in Stream Sediments at a Groundwater Discharge Zone. Environmental Science & Technology, 48(2), 920-929. https://doi.org/10.1021/es402552u

Moro, M. A., Andersen, M. M., Smets, B. F. & McKnight, U. S. (2019). National innovative capacity in the water sector: A comparison between China and Europe. Journal of Cleaner Production, 210, 325-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.329

Chandran, K. & Smets, B. F. (2005). Optimizing experimental design to estimate ammonia and nitrite oxidation biokinetic parameters from batch respirograms. Water Research, 39, 4969-4978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2005.10.001

Ni, B.-J., Ruscalleda, M. & Smets, B. F. (2012). Evaluation on the microbial interactions of anaerobic ammonium oxidizers and heterotrophs in Anammox biofilm. Water Research, 46(15), 4645-4652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.06.016

Wang, R., Terada, A., Lackner, S., Smets, B. F., Henze, M., Xia, S. Q. & Zhao, J. F. (2009). Nitritation performance and biofilm development of co- and counter-diffusion biofilm reactors: Modeling and experimental comparison. Water Research, 43(10), 2699-2709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2009.03.017

Lackner, S., Terada, A. & Smets, B. F. (2008). Heterotrophic activity compromises autotrophic nitrogen removal in membrane-aerated biofilms: Results of a modeling study. Water Research, 42(4-5), 1102-1112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2007.08.025

Xu, M., Savio, F., Kjærgaard, C., Jensen, M. M., Kovalovszki, A., Smets, B. F., Valverde-Pérez, B. & Zhang, Y. (2025). Inorganic bioelectric system for nitrate removal with low N₂O production at cold temperatures of 4 and 10 °C. Water Research, 274, Article 123061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.123061

Hu, Z., Ferraina, R. A., Ericson, J. F. & Smets, B. F. (2005). Effect of long-term exposure, biogenic substrate presence, and electron acceptor conditions on the biodegradation of multiple substituted benzoates and phenolates. Water Research, 39, 3501-3510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2005.06.009

Lackner, S., Holmberg, M., Terada, A., Kingshott, P. & Smets, B. F. (2009). Enhancing the formation and shear resistance of nitrifying biofilms on membranes by surface modification. Water Research, 43(14), 3469-3478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2009.05.011

Qiu, Y., Ekström, S., Valverde-Pérez, B., Smets, B. F., Climent, J., Domingo-Félez, C., Cuenca, R. M. & Plósz, B. G. (2024). Numerical modelling of surface aeration and N₂O emission in biological water resource recovery. Water Research, 255, Article 121398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121398

Domingo-Felez, C., Calderó-Pascual, M., Sin, G., Plósz, B. G. & Smets, B. F. (2017). Calibration of the comprehensive NDHA-N₂O dynamics model for nitrifier-enriched biomass using targeted respirometric assays. Water Research, 126, 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.09.013

Qiu, Y., Hug, T., Wágner, D. S., Smets, B. F., Valverde-Pérez, B. & Plósz, B. G. (2023). Dynamic calibration of a new secondary settler model using Cand. Microthrix as predictor of settling velocity. Water Research, 246, Article 120664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120664

Hu, Z. Q., Ferraina, R. A., Ericson, J. F., MacKay, A. A. & Smets, B. F. (2005). Biomass characteristics in three sequencing batch reactors treating a wastewater containing synthetic organic chemicals. Water Research, 39(4), 710-720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2004.11.018

Tatari, K., Smets, B. F. & Albrechtsen, H.-J. (2016). Depth investigation of rapid sand filters for drinking water production reveals strong stratification in nitrification biokinetic behavior. Water Research, 101, 402-410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.04.073

Kinh, C. T., Suenaga, T., Hori, T., Riya, S., Hosomi, M., Smets, B. F. & Terada, A. (2017). Counter-diffusion biofilms have lower N₂O emissions than co-diffusion biofilms during simultaneous nitrification and denitrification: Insights from depth-profile analysis. Water Research, 124, 363-371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.07.058

Tatari, K., Smets, B. F. & Albrechtsen, H.-J. (2013). A novel bench-scale column assay to investigate site-specific nitrification biokinetics in biological rapid sand filters. Water Research, 47(16), 6380-6387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2013.08.005

Quintela-Baluja, M., Abouelnaga, M., Romalde, J., Su, J. Q., Yu, Y., Gomez-Lopez, M., Smets, B. F., Zhu, Y. G. & Graham, D. W. (2019). Spatial ecology of a wastewater network defines the antibiotic resistance genes in downstream receiving waters. Water Research, 162, 347-357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.06.075

Su, Q., Ma, C., Domingo-Felez, C., Kiil, A. S., Thamdrup, B., Jensen, M. M. & Smets, B. F. (2017). Low nitrous oxide production through nitrifier-denitrification in intermittent-feed high-rate nitritation reactors. Water Research, 123, 429-438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.06.067

Pellicer i Nàcher, C., Domingo Felez, C., Mutlu, A. G. & Smets, B. F. (2013). Critical assessment of extracellular polymeric substances extraction methods from mixed culture biomass. Water Research, 47(15), 5564-5574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.026

Valverde Pérez, B., Wágner, D. S., Lóránt, B., Gülay, A., Smets, B. F. & Plósz, B. G. (2016). Short-sludge age EBPR process – Microbial and biochemical process characterisation during reactor start-up and operation. Water Research, 104, 320-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.08.026

Torresi, E., Gülay, A., Polesel, F., Jensen, M. M., Christensson, M., Smets, B. F. & Plósz, B. G. (2018). Reactor staging influences microbial community composition and diversity of denitrifying MBBRs- Implications on pharmaceutical removal. Water Research, 138, 333-345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2018.03.014

Mauricio Iglesias, M., Vangsgaard, A. K., Gernaey, K., Smets, B. F. & Sin, G. (2015). A novel control strategy for single-stage autotrophic nitrogen removal in SBR. Chemical Engineering Journal, 260, 64-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2014.08.069

Chrysochoidis, V., Andersen, M. H., Remigi, E. U., Faragó, M., Smets, B. F., Domingo-Félez, C. & Valverde-Pérez, B. (2024). Critical evaluation of different mass transfer equations to model N₂O emissions from Water Resource Recovery Facilities with diffuse aeration. Environmental Technology (United Kingdom), 45(17), 3339-3353. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2023.2215454

Liu, L., Helbling, D. E., Kohler, H.-P. E. & Smets, B. F. (2014). A model framework to describe growth-linked biodegradation of trace-level pesticides in the presence of coincidental carbon substrates and microbes. Environmental Science & Technology, 48(22), 13358-13366. https://doi.org/10.1021/es503491w

Gan, P., Yu, R., Mackay, A. A. & Smets, B. F. (2005). Attenuation of As transport by iron oxides at the groundwater surface water interface and possible microbial contribution. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 7, 02143. http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU05/02143/EGU05-J-02143.pdf?PHPSESSID=45a80abeecdd5ed384d8c3575c9b261c

Sun, S.-P., Pellicer i Nàcher, C., Merkey, B., Zhou, Q., Xia, S.-Q., Yang, D.-H., Sun, J.-H. & Smets, B. F. (2010). Effective Biological Nitrogen Removal Treatment Processes for Domestic Wastewaters with Low C/N Ratios: A Review. Environmental Engineering Science, 27(2), 111-126. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2009.0100

Yang, H.-H., Morrow, J. B., Grasso, D., Vinopal, R. T. & Smets, B. F. (2006). Intestinal versus external growth conditions change the surficial properties in a collection of environmental Escherichia coli isolates. Environmental Science & Technology, 40, 6976-6982.

Terada, A., Lackner, S., Kristensen, K. & Smets, B. F. (2010). Inoculum effects on community composition and nitritation performance of autotrophic nitrifying biofilm reactors with counter-diffusion geometry. Environmental Microbiology, 12(10), 2858-2872. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02267.x

Leungsakul, T., Keenan, B. G., Yin, H., Smets, B. F. & Wood, T. K. (2005). Saturation mutagenesis of 2,4-DNT dioxygenase of Burkholderia sp. strain DNT for enhanced dinotrotoluene degradation. Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Print), 92(4), 416-426. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.20602

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